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Definitions: Scintillate |
ScintillateVerb1. Emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; of stars; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?". 2. Be lively: "The music sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "scintillate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references) |
Etymology: Scintillate \Scin"til*late\, intransitive verb. [imperative past participle Scintillated; present participle verb or noun Scintillating.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: ScintillateSynonyms: sparkle (v), twinkle (v), winkle (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Scintillate |
| English words defined with "scintillate": lightning ♦ Scintillated. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "scintillate": scintillant. (references) |
| "Scintillate" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Scintillate" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 50% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 50% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
scintillate | 16 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "scintillate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shkëlqej (blaze, bloom, flame, flash, fulgurate, gild, glare, gleam, glint, glisten, glister, glitter, glory, glow, light, polish, shed, shine), xixëllon (flare, glitter, sparkle, twinkle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تلألأ (glint, glisten, luster, lustre, shimmer, spangle, sparkle, twinkle), تألق (blaze, brilliance, brilliancy, dazzle, effulgence, glint, glitter, glory, irradiate, luminosity, magnificence, outshine, radiance, radiate, ray, refulgence, shine, shine through, sparkle, star, vivacity), أومض (blink, glance, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, shimmer, twinkle), أطلق شررا (sparkle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | святкам (lighten, snap), блясвам (flare, fulminate, kindle, shine out), блестя (blaze, coruscate, dazzle, glance, gleam, glitter, glow, irradiate, shine, shine out, sparkle, twinkle), блещукам (flicker, glimmer, glister, shimmer, sparkle), искря (flash, glitter, spark, sparkle, twinkle), излъчвам (beam, discharge, eradiate, exhale, exude, give off, give out, irradiate, ooze, put out, radiate, reek, respire, send out, shed, throw up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 发出火花 (Scintillated, scintillating, scintillation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | třpytit se (blaze, coruscate, gleam, glint, glisten, glister, glitter, sparkle, twinkle), oslòovat (glare), mihotat se, blýsknout se. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ساطع شدن , جرقه زدن (Spark, Sparkle), درخشیدن (Glint, Glisten, Glitter, Glory, Lamp, Lighten, Luster, Ray, Sheen, Shine, Star), برق زدن (Alight, Flash, Glisten, Glitter, Lightning, Luster, Ray, Wink). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | säkenöidä (sparkle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | scintiller, pétiller, briller. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | funkeln (blaze, coruscate, flame, flash, glare, gleam, glisten, glitter, resplendence, sparkle, to coruscate, to flash, to glitter, to scintillate, to sparkle, twinkle, twinkling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σπινθηροβολώ (glitter, spark, sparkle, twinkle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל צ ץ (flash, flicker, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szikrázik (it lightens, sparkle, to coruscate, to scintillate, to spark, to sparkle), szór (distribute, scatter, sprinkle, strew, to diffuse, to disperse, to eject, to fritter away, to send forth, to sprinkle, to strew). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | scintillare (flash, glitter, scintilate, shine, spark, sparkle, twinkle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 번"이십시". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ceau drilleeyn (sparkle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | intillatescay cintilar (blink, flash, flicker, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glister, glitter, Ray, shine, sparkle, twinkle, wink), brilhar (burn, flame, flash, flourish, gland, gleam, glint, glisten, glister, glitter, irradiate, lamp, lighten, shine, sparkle, twinkle). (various references) strãluci (beam, blaze, coruscate, dazzle, flame, flare, flash, glance, glare, gleam, glisten, glitter, glow, irradiate, light, radiate, shine, sparkle, star), scânteia (coruscate, flash, glance, gleam, glint, glisten, glitter, kindle, spark, sparkle, twinkle), radia de, licãri (flash, glance, gleam, glimmer, glimpse, glitter, shimmer, shine, sparkle, twinkle, wink). (various references) искриться (spark, sparkle). (various references) svetlucati (gleam, glimmer, glimpse, glint, glisten, glister, shimmer, twinkle), vrcati varnice. (various references) titilar (twinkle), destellar (blink, flash, gleam, glint, sparkle), centellear (glimmer, glint, sparkle, twinkle), brillar (blaze, flame, flash, gleam, glow, shimmer, shine, sparkle, twinkle). (various references) sprudla (bubble), tindra (glisten, sparkle, twinkle), gnistra (coruscate, flash, spark, sparkle, twinkle), blixtra (coruscate, flash, fulgurate, lighten). (various references) เกิ"ประกายไฟ, เป็นประกาย. (various references) parıldamak (glance, gleam, glimmer, glitter, shimmer, shine, sparkle, twinkle), kıvılcım saçmak (glint, spark, sparkle), ışıldamak (blink, coruscate, gleam, glint, shine, sparkle, twinkle). (various references) іскритися (glisten, spark, sparkle), випомінювати. (various references) serennu (sparkle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "scintillate": scintillated, scintillates. (additional references) | |
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"Scintillate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: scintilate, scintillant, scintillator. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "scintillate" (pronounced 'Scin"til*late'): Absquatulate, Acidulate, Aculeolate, Adulate, Alveolate, Ambulate, Amylate, Apostolate, Appendiculate, Ariled, Arillate, Aristulate, Arllated, Assibilate, Assimulate, Astipulate, Avolate, Barbellate, Barbellulate, Belate, Biarticulate, Biauriculate, Biflabellate, Biflagellate, Bifoliolate, Bimaculate, Binoculate, Binoxalate, Binucleolate, Biocellate, Bipupillate, Bombilate, Boncilate, Bookplate, Bracteolate, Breastplate, Bullate, Bursiculate, Calceolate, Campanulate, Cancellate, Cantillate, Capitellate, Capreolate, Caprylate, Catenulate, Cephalate, Chelate, Chocolate, Cholate, Circumambulate, Circumundulate, Clavellate, Confabulate, Conflate, Conglobulate, Consolate, Consulate, Copperplate, Corniculate, Costellate, Cumulate, Cupulate, Deambulate, Dearticulate, Debellate, Decollate, deflate, Deoperculate, Deoppilate, Deosculate, Depilate, Depucelate, Disarticulate, Disassimilate, Disoppilate, Dissimilate, Drawplate, Ebracteolate, Echinulate, Efflate, Electroplate, Emaculate, Enubilate, Eventilate, Exannulate, Exantlate, Exarillate, Exarticulate, Exoculate, Exosculate, Exscutellate, Exstipulate, Exsufflate, Extimulate, Exungulate, Falculate, Famulate, Faveolate, fistulate, Flabellate, Focillate, Fo'liolate, footplate, formulate, Fossulate, Foveolate, Funambulate, Funiculate, Galericu-late, Gallate, Glycocholate, Hamulate, Haustellate, immaculate, immolate, Implate, inarticulate, Incapsulate, Insimulate, Insolate, Instipulate, Insufflate, insulate, intercalate, Interjaculate, Interosculate, interpellate, interpolate, Involucellate, Irregulate, Irrelate, isolate, Jaculate, Jugulate, Laciniolate, legislate, Lenticellate, Lineolate, lingulate, Locellate, Loculate, Malate, Masculate, Mellate, Mesoxalate, miscalculate, Misregulate, Misrelate, mistranslate, Monticulate, Moroxylate, Mucronulate, Multarticulate, Multigranulate, Multungulate, Muriculate, Naphthalate, Neckplate, Nidulate, Nubilate, Oblanceolate, Obnubilate, Ocellate, Omoplate, Opinlate, Oppilate, Oscillate, Ovate-lanceolate, Ovate-subulate, Overlate, Ovulate, Oxalate, Oxanilate, Papillulate, Peculate, Pedicellate, Pediculate, Pendulate, Penicillate, Peninsulate, Perflate, Petiolulate, Phenolate, Pinnulate, Pistillate, Plano-subulate, Plurifoliolate, Preambulate, Precalculate, Proconsulate, Propiolate, Pullulate, Pyrogallate, Pyromalate, Reassimilate, Reconsolate, Refocillate, Regelate, regulate, Repullulate, Retinulate, retranslate, Revelate, Rostellate, Rosulate, Scepterellate, Semiverticillate, Septulate, sibilate, Solidungulate, somnambulate, Spacelate, spatulate, Spherulate, Spinii-spirulate, Spirulate, Squamellate, Squamulate, Stellulate, stimulate, Stipellate, strangulate, Straticulate, stridulate, Sublate, Subpedunculate, Subturriculate, Sufflate, Suggillate, Surculate, Tabulate, Tantalate, Taurocholate, Terephthalate, Terneplate, Testiculate, Thallate, titillate, trabeculate, Transcolate, triangulate, Triarticulate, trifoliolate, Tubulate, ululate, Uniflagellate, Unifollilate, uniovulate, Unmasculate, Urcelate, Ustulate, Utriculate, vacillate, Vamplate, Vanillate, Vehiculate, Velate, Ventilate, Verriculate, Violate, Virgulate, Xylate. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-i-l-l-n-s-t-t" | |
-2 letters: inelastic, sciential, scintilla. | |
-3 letters: alienist, allicins, canities, ciliates, cliental, entastic, intitles, lattices, lintiest, litanies, nictates, niellist, salicine, silicate, tetanics, tillites. | |
-4 letters: acetins, ainsell, allicin, callets, cantles, catlins, catties, cellist, centals, ciliate, cineast, clients, elastic, elastin, elicits, elitist, entails, illites, incisal, incites, inlaces, install, instate, instill, intitle, isatine, italics, laciest, laicise, laities, lancets, latents, latices, lattens, lattice, lattins, lectins, lentils, liniest, lintels, littles, nailset, nictate, salicin, salient, saltine, sanicle, satinet, scaleni, silicle, slainte, statice, stencil, tactile, tailles, talents, tallest, tallies, tenails, tetanic, tillite, tincals, tiniest, titanic, titians. | |
-5 letters: acetin, actins, aliens, alines, allies, anisic, antics, ascent, atelic, attics, callet, cantle, casein, casini, castle, catlin, cattie, cattle, centai, cental, centas, cities, cleans, cleats, client, clinal, clines, eclats, elains, elicit, elints, enacts, enatic, enlist, entail, iciest, illest, illite, incase, incest, incise, incite, inlace, inlets, insect, instal, instil, intact, isatin, italic, lances, lancet, latens, latent, latest, latten, lattes, lattin, lectin, lentic, lentil, liaise, lianes, lienal, lilacs, lilies, linacs, lineal, lintel, listel, listen, litten, little, nastic, nicest, nielli, saline, sallet, saltie, scilla, secant, seniti, sialic, silane, sileni, silent, silica, sitten, stacte, stance, static, stelai, stelic, stella, taille, taints, talent, tallis, tallit, tanist, tectal, telial, tenail, tenias, ticals, tincal, tincts, tineal, tineas, tinsel, tisane, titans, titian, titles. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-i-l-l-n-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: scintillated, scintillates. | |
+3 letters: antiseptically, intermetallics. | |
+4 letters: anticlericalist, crystallinities, intellectualism, intellectualist, kinesthetically, martensitically, pantheistically. | |
+5 letters: anticlericalists, biosynthetically, enthusiastically, ineluctabilities, intellectualisms, intellectualists, intellectualizes, intercrystalline, monotheistically. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 63 69 6E 74 69 6C 6C 61 74 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -.-. .. -. - .. .-.. .-.. .- - . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100011 01101001 01101110 01110100 01101001 01101100 01101100 01100001 01110100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S c i n t i l l a t e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0063 0069 006E 0074 0069 006C 006C 0061 0074 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5369758086757878678671 |
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